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Members of the full team accepting the Preservation Maryland Award for their joint work on the Cultural Landscape Assessment Report for Kent County.

Washington College Teams Up with Other Kent County Organizations to Produce Award-Winning Cultural Landscape Assessment Report

09/23/2020

The Preliminary Cultural Landscape Assessment Report that Washington College helped produce was recently awarded the Smart Growth Excellence Award by Preservation Maryland, as part of this year’s Best of Maryland awards.

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Center for Environment and Society

Irene Moore with Jasmyn Castro and JuJuan Johnson

Chesapeake Heartland Project Builds Bridges With Local African American Community

09/22/2020

Through a public history project funded by the Mellon Foundation, Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of The American Experience is collecting and preserving the stories of Kent County’s African American families.

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African American History

WC Among Princeton Review's "Best Colleges"

09/04/2020

Washington College is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the school in the new 2021 edition of its college guide, "The Best 386 Colleges."

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Distinguished Teacher of the Year

09/01/2020

Alisha Knight Is Washington College’s 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award Winner

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Michael Harvey Named Interim Provost

08/25/2020

Michael Harvey, the John S. Toll Associate Professor of Business Management, has been named to a three-year term as Interim Provost and Dean of Washington College.

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Seven Finalists Named for George Washington Prize

08/24/2020

Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience has announced the finalists for the 2020 George Washington Prize.

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Washington College Taps Wayne Powell As Interim President

08/10/2020

A former mathematics professor-turned-higher education administrator has been tapped as Washington College's 32nd president, succeeding Kurt Landgraf.

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WC Welcomes Next Generation of Board Leadership

07/20/2020

Two Washington College alumni have been tapped to serve on the Board of Visitors and Governors. L. Myrton Gaines ’78 and Peter Maller ’90 took up their duties July 1 as alumni representatives on the board.

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Lead Like a Girl

07/01/2020

Marking the Women's Centennial, Washington College has invited Sylvia Acevedo, chief executive officer of the Girl Scouts, to deliver the 2020 Commencement address—virtually—on Oct. 17.

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Paris Young, a political science major, works with Georgetown, Maryland, resident Irene Moore to document newspaper clippings and photos about a segregated one-room schoolhouse in Worton which Moore attended.

Big Grant for Chesapeake Heartland Project

05/25/2020

Mellon Foundation Grants $800K to Washington College for Chesapeake Heartland Project

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